Best hundred bucks I ever spent in my life in the travel industry. You don't have to wait in line. You don't have to take your shoes off. You don't have to take your belt or watch off. You don't have to take your liquids out of your bag. You don't have to remove your laptop. You don't have to have the full body scan.

Empty your pockets, toss your bag on the xray belt and walk through the metal detector. Coming out of Las Vegas on Wednesday of last week, it took me 2 minutes to by pass the entire line and go through security.

Best hundred bucks I ever spent in my life in the travel industry. You don't have to wait in line. You don't have to take your shoes off. You don't have to take your belt or watch off. You don't have to take your liquids out of your bag. You don't have to remove your laptop. You don't have to have the full body scan.

Empty your pockets, toss your bag on the xray belt and walk through the metal detector. Coming out of Las Vegas on Wednesday of last week, it took me 2 minutes to by pass the entire line and go through security.

Only works on SOME airports. Not every airport. And you can still be selected anyways and have to go in with the rest of the riff-raff.

Only works on SOME airports. Not every airport. And you can still be selected anyways and have to go in with the rest of the riff-raff.

At some airports, correct. At all entry bound Customs, correct.

Being selected, no. You are given a completely separate line to enter and exit from. (At the airports that have this option) At the other airports that do not, you are directed to the Premier (Or First Class, Priority Line, whatever they call it) to get ahead, but still have to go through the usual security routine (taking off shoes, etc..)

Being selected, no. You are given a completely separate line to enter and exit from. (At the airports that have this option) At the other airports that do not, you are directed to the Premier (Or First Class, Priority Line, whatever they call it) to get ahead, but still have to go through the usual security routine (taking off shoes, etc..)

You can still be randomly selected and required to go through the regular security, just like everyone else. Even in airports that do have a dedicated GlobalEntry lane.

Personally, I think that's bad for a number of reasons, the most important of which is that it teaches people that you can pay to bypass security (and that's how people see it, unfortunately - look at your comments) which is bad practice.

The kabuki theater performance that's put on by a bunch of undereducated idiots at the TSA checkpoint actually does very little to improve security but a lot to increase frustration and aggravation. Security is a difficult business. And the TSA isn't up to the task.

You can still be randomly selected and required to go through the regular security, just like everyone else. Even in airports that do have a dedicated GlobalEntry lane.

Absolutely not. I went over this in the interview with them and specifically asked this. If they have a Global Entry lane and you are in it then you are fast pass-ed ahead. Once you are in that lane, they don't pull you out. The Homeland Security Officer who interviewed me and did my background check told me the only reason that could ever happen would be if the Global Entry lane was closed at the moment. Then you had to just stand in the regular line. But if you are in that lane and going through, there are no secondary checks at all.

Absolutely not. I went over this in the interview with them and specifically asked this. If they have a Global Entry lane and you are in it then you are fast pass-ed ahead. Once you are in that lane, they don't pull you out. The Homeland Security Officer who interviewed me and did my background check told me the only reason that could ever happen would be if the Global Entry lane was closed at the moment. Then you had to just stand in the regular line. But if you are in that lane and going through, there are no secondary checks at all.

If the agency determines a passenger is eligible for expedited screening through TSA Pre✓™, information will be embedded in the barcode of the passenger’s boarding pass. TSA will read the barcode at designated checkpoints and the passenger may be referred to an expedited screening lane. TSA will always incorporate random and unpredictable security measures throughout the airport and no individual will be guaranteed expedited screening.

If anyone promised you what you claim they promised you well then you were lied to. It's as simple as that.